Dear Health Minister Clement: Re Autism Gold Standard Intervention

Published: November 4, 2007, 1:35 pm

Tags: gilles duceppe, gold standard, autism disorders, aba, tony clement, autism treatment, applied behavior analysis, american academy of pediatrics

October 31, 2007Honourable Tony ClementMinister of Health (Canada)Dear Honourable MinisterRecently your government filed its response to the Senate's "Pay Now Or Pay Later" report on autism services and funding in Canada. As the parent of a profoundly autistic 11 1/2 year old boy I have been active in autism advocacy in my province for the past 9 years. I was disappointed, extremely disappointed, with your government's weak response to an issue which now is estimated to directly affect 1 in 150 Canadians and their families.In particular I found objectionable your government's stated position that there is no consensus on a gold standard of treatment for autism. That position is simply inconsistent with the professional literature as I understand it, admittedly from the perspective of a mere parent. State and federal agencies in the United States over the past decade from Maine to New York to California have routinely described ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis, as an evidence based

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